Engineering Forum: Payload Innovation – What Architectures and Technologies Will Enhance the Next Big Satellite Service Marketplace?

Engineering Forum: Payload Innovation – What Architectures and Technologies Will Enhance the Next Big Satellite Service Marketplace?

Date of Event:

March 10th, 2014

Run Time:

15:15 - 16:30

Room Number:

207B

Track:

Engineering Forum

The communications payload of a satellite is the business end of the space segment. We have evolved through the basic bent-pipe transponder to multi-beam antenna systems with on-board processors, and now to high-throughput satellites capable of over 100 Gbps of raw capacity. But, how will new payloads expand markets and integrate with the rest of the global information infrastructure? Are there necessary innovations on the payload side, and what technologies will make these a reality? Our panel of technology executives will consider these questions and provide some of their insights into payload capabilities yet to arrive on orbit.